Fuck. And I had intended to drive my sorry ass out to Grand Rapids. Now I find out we’re getting two Presidential candidates for the price of one???

CNN is getting waiting to show it.

Does this mean Obama ponied up for the personal watercraft?

Great news!

I grew up about 30 minutes from there. My folks work at Van Andel (Dad worked the Elvis Costello/Police show Sunday and called me while the Police were playing - he finally saw a band I haven’t!) and are there, and excited about it. Mind you these are conservative Christian, usually GOP voters.

What happens to the delegates that Edwards had/has???

I suspect they’re released (so can go either way).

But it’s not just the 19. There are around 5 electeds in MI–elected as uncommitted but who supported Edwards first, who will probably go into Obama’s pocket, making it easier to do the 69/59 split that MI’s muckety-mucks endorsed.

Thanks. Very interesting.

Not surprising this is happening in David Bonior’s home state. Will the steelworkers endorse too?

It needs to happen sooooon if it’s gonna get on the evening news in the East. I thought the point of moving it up to 6:20 was to over-write the Clinton win last night?

Broder takes buyout at WaPoo. halleloooooooo

Bingo.

I don’t actually believe the story that Edwards just decided last night. I think this was in the works since Bonior endorsed last week–and that they’ve planned it to make the most impact on white working class men. Nicely done.

It’s so great to be a white man, as we finally grasp the levers of power so long denied us.

It’s your time, Teddy.

Yeah, but:

Broder is considered one of the deans of U.S. political news reporting and analysis. He will leave the paper as a full-time employee, but will continue to write a twice-weekly column.

“You will find me at the Democratic and Republican conventions this summer and on the campaign trail this fall,” said Broder, who said he started working for the Post in 1966. Broder, 78, will start as a contract columnist on Jan. 1.

How can we miss you, Oh Dean, if you won’t GTFO?

This is great news. I’m glad he waited until after the nC primary so that Obama’s win was on Obama’s strength as a candidate, not John’s endorsement.

What’s Mc Caullife have to say, he’s not relevant?

I think Edwards has been waiting for the right time to come out for Obama since the Clintons started bashing blacks.
just an opinion, but i personally totally believe that.

Actually, tomorrow may be my day! Where’s my boutonierre?

– More than four years after San Francisco defied state marriage laws by allowing nearly 4,000 same-sex couples to wed at City Hall, the state Supreme Court is set to decide Thursday whether gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry in California.

The fat lady has sung, danced, drank and shagged the night away.

omg
i so don’t trust the supremes!
i need to prepare for another antiAmerican ruling!

Ah, so maybe Edwards’ “was it or wasn’t it” slip of the tongue on a morning talk show (reported last week by Cliff) really was a tell…

…in a dramatic attempt by the Obama campaign to answer concerns regarding Obama’s appeal to working-class voters…The event was […] moved up to 6:20pmET, presumably to have the announcement make the evening news.

This is the ABC/MSM that McAuliffe says is 90% pro Obama, right?! Oh yeah, with smearin’ friends like these, who needs lyin’ enemies?

FunnyD

David Gregory mocks the Obama campaign for missing the 6:20 start time, his “panel” laughs.

Do you have a sense of the California Supremes? I don’t.

It was the first thing I thought.

These media people have such small, spiteful minds. Wish they would just stop talking….about anything.

I hope Obama trusts and uses Edwards well. I bet a blow for Hill today. Was wondering what was going on that coalition between obama and Edwards hadn’t happened sooner. I wanted to carry on with Edwards and thought he was so premature dropping out.

I heard on radio a reference to Michelle and a skeleton in her closet re Univ. of Chicago boards she has been on. Wonder what trouble that means?

teehee

BOOYAH!!! My main man endorsed my new main man. {{{doing little happy dance}}}

not really.
i’m just disgusted with recent rulings and this is such an important issue for me, as for so many others.
i have family and friends for decades who are LGBT, and i’m nervous about this.

How can we miss you, Oh Dean, if you won’t GTFO?

Heh. Haven’t thought about that song in years.
And who the hell invited Dean Broder to the Dem Nat’l convention? And does anyone who isn’t a 28%-er believe he has anything germane to say about it?

Puh-tooey.

FunnyD

i did that when Richardson endorsed, i know how ya feel!
and it’s GRRRRREAT!

I have heard that around the time of her ‘proud’ remarks and the murmurs over her dissertation paper.

The Boss, “Rising”!

First NARAL, now Edwards. Not a good day for Hillary.

who amongst us doesn’t LOVE John Edwards?
he’s so awesome! i wanted Richardson, then Edwards, then Obama.

many booooo’s for Clinton.

So happy to hear this, even though Edwards was not my first choice or my second choice. That said, he does have a lot of supporters and hopefully many of them have been voting for Obama all this time.

Hillary as Obama’s VP makes me want to vomit, but Edwards as VP or somewhere in his Admin would make a lot more sense.

Richardson is good too. Like him.

So what’s the deal with Edwards’ delgates? He must have a few. Can he control them, in all or some states? etc. etc. etc.

I appreciate that he is talkinag about Clinton this way. Unifying the party

They are released and can go for either candidate

yes, i live on the NM border and we shop in Farmnington. He’s really done good things there! and is aggressively working for health care for all New Mexicans. And that’s not even to do with his diplomatic skills! I DO hope he has a place in President Obama’s cabinet.

This man is bringing tears to my eyes.

Nice words for Senator Clinton. Democrats need to begin to learn to cheer her name, regardless of who they backed for the nomination. Edwards is helping us all do that, starting with the folks in the hall. Very classy.

I’d like to see Edwards in Obi’s cabinet too!

Hey all - HOwie is having a party upstairs!

HOWIE AND BLUE AMERICA

Exactly. We all have to learn to like her. It won’t be too hard for me as long as she’s no longer a contender and bows out with grace and generosity.

and at the very least refrains from undermining Obama/supporting McThuselah. Better still if she and Bill could be actively and authentically supportive of Obi.

FunnyD

I think the timing is good. Clinton had her vanity win in West Virginia. McGovern who had supported her switched to Obama. Now Edwards has come out for him. Clinton needs to leave the race and if she doesn’t quit on her own, it is good to see that other Democrats are moving to push beyond her and the primaries.

Is it fair/safe to assume they’ll follow Edwards’ lead?

a lot of nail chewing going on over at TL. *sigh* I wonder if they will vote for the good senator from illinois if the good senator from NY asks them to do so.

Where else would they go? Obama is going to be the only one left standing.

I read or saw some stats that a majority of his supporters (myself being one) moved over to Obama. As far as his pledged delegates moving over, I don’t know. We could assume they will but they aren’t required to

But will they go joyfully and noisily? I don’t want much, you understand. *g*

Just an aside. I really hate that announcements like this have to coincide with the teevee news schedule. Crikey! Anyone else for spontaneity, or am I living in the dark ages again?! (Be kind.)

Something about a six figure income for either her or her boss was it??? Hope it comes out sooner rather than later.

Edwards writes his own speeches. Loved that wall around the WH leaving all of us out image.

edwards is doing a very nice job. i like “this is not ok”

Edwards writes his own speeches.

do you know that for a fact?

I concur completely!
Richardson is a hoss, but the GOP would eat him and Obama up on a ticket. Race would be a bigger issue, immigration will rear it’s ugly pointed white hooded head, and Richardson did NOT present well in the debates (not that they were organized to LET him, or Kuch, or Edwards present well).

Obama/Edwards is a dream ticket to CRUSH the GOP, and bring Senate and House seats galore!

And Richardson should be brought in, along with Kuch, as close to the inner circle as possible.

We’d get indictments enforced and handed out, there’d be the beginning of a serious duke out with the Supreme’s, Executive Signings, AG purges, cabinet and department purges, and restoration of Habeus, and perhaps, just perhaps, a revocation of the War Powers Act that ShrubCo enabled to invade both Afghanistan and Iraq.

Don’t GET me started with eliminating lobbyists, and doing ONLY federal funding for primary and general elections, and eliminating any donations whatsoever. NO ONE buys this country, ever, again. NO ONE!

Don’t GET me started about FCC rulings on Fairness Doctrine, consolidated ownership (time to break up the media like they broke up the Bell’s, and provide access to smaller ownership WITH mandatory Equal TIme/Fairness Doctrines). And NO church is allowed to have a radio or tv station, except for LPFM or TV in their local region. NO NATIONAL MEDIA ACCESS FOR RELIGON!!! Let them earn their congregations the old fashioned way, by doing charity where it’s needed. In the urban ghettos. In the poverty stricken regions of all states.

Don’t GET me started about Guantuanamo.

And pray to dawg, maybe don’t get me started on federal works projects, rebuilding our infrastructure and pulling us out international debt.

Don’t get me started on banking and economic reform, so NO ONE can sell this country out, NO ONE!

Yeah, I’m fired up about this endorsement. ‘Bout phreakin time!!

Harumph.

I want to say right now
I want to be around
when the walls(and the towers)
come tumbling down
And I will fill my spirit
With the gentle sound
Of the children laughing
From a higher ground..
Say Yeah

Edwards spoke and tears rolled down my face
Say yeah

That’s what kept getting asserted on his website among his supporters when he was running. I think he did say it during one interview. Can’t remember which.

Too little and too late.

Really disappointed in JRE for this. The stupidity and rot in the ‘Democrat’ Party would seem to have no bottom.

Wonder if John is looking forward to getting his ass handed to him as a VP candidate again. This time by some Republican woman instead of Cheney.

Fuck you!

Of course Michelle had a six-figure income — she is a Harvard-educated lawyer who heads the community-service division of a major university hospital in Chicago, iirc. Their tax returns are public.

The wife with the scandalous income is Cindy McCain.

thanks for the lift!

too little of what and too late for what?

squared

Andrea Mitchell is mis-characterizing the email Edwards sent out today; she says it was to pay down his campaign debt. It wasn’t — it was a request for help with his and Elizabeth’s project College for All.

She is now correcting herself.

Sorry, don’t know the details. But someone’s income jumped suddenly to another digit. Hers or her boss’. Just an aside on the radio today. But I suspect it will be coming up.

I am not begrudging her the income. Just maybe influence peddling when you are the wife of a state senator… the appearance of having been influenced?

I should not speculate til I hear story. Will keep ears open.

Crossing my fingers.

I wanted to hear Barack talk! Damn right wing media!!!!

Oh yes, Mitchell could never say the same thing about Hillary. *rolling eyes*

JUst what we are cursing about right now but I guess some dobbsian bullshit is what the advertisers want.

Nah nah nah nah,Nah nah nah nah, HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY, GOODYBE (Hilary).

YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

FOPJE Flauw MOPJE!!!!!!!!

And lets talk about how McSame has been able to influence yearly contracts for beer at certain Arizona baseball parks, resulting in millions of dollars of income per year increase for his family.
Spare me

I so prefer hearing Matthews and Mrs Greenspan tell me what Barack Obama is saying. Such an excellent filter, especially when I can see and (almost) hear him in the background.

“many booooo’s for Clinton.”

Now wait a minute. I support Obama, and I have reasons to be suspicious about Hillary, but let’s recognize the fact that she’s the first serious woman candidate for President in U.S. history, and that millions of women support her enthusiastically (including my fiancee.)

Obama will need Hillary’s support against McCain. We will need all our oars in the water, even if it does seem like a wipe-out year for Republicans.

Bob in HI

Wasn’t that frustrating! Jees. Every channel…including…*plugging nose*…Fox.

I switched to the C-SPAN and they had Edward’s speech on but it quickly ended when the House vote (or whatever) was over.

I agree, and think we need to back away from trashing Hillary.

Cindy got a thirty-million dollar bonus from the company she owns when McSame got the FAA to back off its objections to the Diamondbacks (or maybe Cardinals?) stadium, since the ballpark is right in the flightpath. Budweiser is, of course, the beer served exclusively at the ballpark.

He is riddled with conflicts of interest but, because he is a man of complete integrity, these conflicts do not influence the perception of his public actions favoring these interests.

Hey… I concur. Just being a semi-informed messenger. Good to know where they may come at the Obamas.

Liked that too–he was trying to make peace in his party.

I want to ask Mrs Greenspan why her husband doesn’t come to work with her every day, since she reads family dissent into Mrs Edwards’ absence today.

Since they are financially set, Hill and Bill would make a great ambassadorial couple to a challenging post. Maybe she’d consider it a step down from the senate, but if she decided to rest on her laurels, they could be of immense service and enjoy an interesting life. Lord only knows, we have fences to mend.

And where are we going to be able to hear his speech ? Will it be on his website? Or are we going to get it on utube? We were really looking forward to listening to him. We poured two fresh glasses of some nice Pino Grigio elitist pigs that we are.

Teaching Democrats to cheer when they hear her name. Very classy.

Oh, goddess take Buchanan please.

He has so much class and it shows in every way. Proud of him and proud of the people in this country who voted for him.

I had tears in my eyes during Edwards sppech. Obama and Edwards on the ticket would be powerful, I just wish Edwards was on the top of it though.

Obama here:

http://www.cnn.com/video/live/.....am=stream3

obama was on c-span3. just finished.

Didn’t mean to thrash. I’m just left with the impression that compared to modern day Repubs, Dems are as pure as the slighty dirty snow. they make me ill.
I apologize.

I bet C-SPAN will replay it tonight or it will be on before Washington Journal in the morning. That’s my guess.

Oooooh, I just started drinking Pinot Grigio. Love it!

Oh sure, rub it in that you’ve got the expensive cable that has C-SPAN 3 included! LOL Trust me, had I had C-SPAN 3 I would have been watching.

For his support to make a difference in the what remains of the primaries of course. And check out the comments here for the sort of folks Senator Obama has brought into the party.

Some nice folks, eh?

It will be interesting to see if Edwards gets the VP slot.

That would appear to be somewhat problematical as it could really solidify women for Hillary. Many here just don’t get it that many women are pulling for Clinton.

Race ain’t over although I would say JRE’s political career is. And I say this as JRE supporter.

i have to stream c-span3… we only get c-span1 and c-span2 via cable here (and my cable tv bill is $5.99/mo - just local and c-span).

What do you mean “some nice folks, eh?”

Looks like this Kentucky voter will now be out there campaigning for Obama in my state. Obama and Edwards looked great together. Wow, I wish that Edwards was on the ticket.

Some nice folks, eh?

yes, i think so. no snark.

check out the difference over at TL.

she makes $300,000,0000.00 per fukkinn YEAR..cam you compute!!!!!!?????

I’m a hard working white woman (I’ve owned a housecleaning business for close to 14 years now and have my paralegal degree as well, am a single Mom, don’t get a stitch of welfare) who is supporting a black man who has a white mother and whose father was black. Problem with that? Because I’m a woman, I have to close myself in a box and vote for the woman who is a gun-toting, whiskey-swilling, $100 million dollar duck hunter? Sorry, but I’m an individual thinker who started out supporting Kucinich and was on the fence about everyone else. It was once Hillary started acting like a neocon that I took a shower to wipe off the filth and then decided Barack was a clean slate and great for our country and our party.

hahahahahahahahaha
i think he SLEEPS in the GREEN ROOM,cause after the ALL nite Indiana vote,he was on MORNIN Joe,no SHIITE

you rock!!!…ya do

Oh yeah. I forgot about the live streaming. Thanks.

Your cable bill is $5.99 a month? Nice.

Chris Matthews thinks the scream-fest he, Andrea Mitchell and Pat Buchanan just engaged in is exactly the argument all of America is having. Essentially, it was about whether Washington University, where Matthews will give the commencement address, was elitist and anti-LBJ in 1965.

I do not think America cares about this issue. Do you?

Seconded.

its ALL GOOD

jeralyn is no dummy though. i don’t dismiss her opinions. i’d like to post something she just wrote here (about edwards’ endorsement), but only for thoughtful comment. i’d hate it if there was only snark. what do you all say? is it safe for me to post it and ask for that?

3 overpaid BAFOONS

Why thank you. *high fiving ya & bumping bellies together with ya* LOL

Jimminy cricket your gettin’ all feisty!

KO has a Special Comment tonite!

its cuz he’s a camera hog!!! even worse than sen schumer……. never met a camera he didnt like…

only reason i got it.

justa p o

Go for it.

Agree.

too bad its not reciprocal……hahahahahahahahaha

me too,first time in 8 years

wow. that was good. not many people can make me want to support obama (not counting a couple of clinton supports that drive me nuts)…. but you and edwards come closest.

And by the way, it’s your kind of attitude that represents Hillary that was the FIRST dissent online. None of you could believe that women weren’t gravitating to her and some of you said things like, “But she stayed with Bill years ago! She’s a strong woman!”.

You can have your opinion of her and you can think she’s still the same Hillary, but the fact is, Bill Clinton is still spending lots of time with the Bushes (Babs & H.W.) fundraising for them. He’d rather hang out with the Bushes rather than his own. Hell, Hillary said she can’t stand the Moveon.org base, you know, the liberals & progressives who are pro-peace, anti-fascism, and all about uniting our party!

See?

I could go on and on.

How was that Sadlyyes? LOL

damn. you’re good.

Concurr

2 words…KYL LIEBERMAN….thats all

You’re a has-been JRE supporter. If you truly support him you would have listened and learned from his comments and trusted his judgment. But you didn’t. Grow up and recognize what’s going on around you. It can’t always be your way. Obviously when you don’t get what you want, you say hateful things and pout…just like the juvenile you really are.

ok, this is jeralyn, friend of the blog and friend to bloggers. so i beg you-all to not be mean to her, just want to know what you think (no snark) about the comment/update she just posted on her edwards thread:

My take having heard the speech: The party leaders are concerned that Hillary’s win in W.Va. and her anticipated win in KY, although it won’t be by the same margin, is causing people to conclude Obama can’t win in November against McCain. They want to cut that argument in the bud and by rallying behind Obama now, they’re hoping to redirect the conversation.

have you seen any sign this could (not is - could) be true?

if yes, why. and if no, why not and do you think this is a common view among clinton supporters?

Well, so long as we’re not saying hateful things…